Metal-transom cushion-block container



s. E. TURNER METAL TRANSOM CUSHION BLOCK CONTAINER June 14 Filed Jan. 19, 1926 l I llllllllllll I I Patented June 14, 1927. i

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SAMUEL E. TURN-En, or wicrrITAr LLs, TEXA Assmnoar'roPA HANDLEHREMN- ING' COMPANKTLOEWIGHITA FALLS, TEXAS; v

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, Applicationfiled"January'19, .1926. SerialNo; 82,308.

1 invention relates to tank cars, and. particularly to that character or typeof-cars .mitting movementthereof dueto expansion;

employed for. railway transportation or liquids in bulk, and connar1s1ng-a horizontally disposed cylindrical tank supported v upon an under-"frame which, in' turn, is More spiecifically stated, the invention has, to do with mounted on wheeled trucks.

thefconnection' between the'underfraine and the tank, and, comprises the"comhination witlrsaid underframe oi certain elements which I havecalled a metal transom-cushion block container. The ob gccts of the -1nventlon are (to provide) a'simple and 'etlici'ent methodof securing" cushion blocks in 'place upon .the transoms or transverse bolsters of the trucks, said'cushion' blocks receiving and sustaining. theqbody of the; tank, whileper- "and contractionnotthe metal; also to accomplish the first object without; the use of bolts, sorewsylag screws,nails or any other agencywhereby the fiber of thewoodcushion block is undisturbed; and to provide ,asinr 'ple andefiicient method for the renewalof the cushion blocks. Briefly stated, .I attain my objects by providing an extended bed plate-"or holder formed of sheet metal. with parallel spaced channels formed. in .it, .so .that..when the ends or the plate are laid'upon thebolsters or transoms longitudinal corrugations or of the und-erframe, the corrugations will overlieand clear the main frame or transom tween the corrugations.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Wlll0l1- Fig. ,1 is a plan view of the bed plate or holder detached; 1

Fig. 2 1s an end view of the same, i

Fig. 3 is across sectional View of the tank and center sill showing onetransom or bolster in full lines of my invention applied-to one side of the same.

Referring to-the drawings, I have not illustrated the'enti-re structure of a tank car as the general features of the same are well understood, and are illustrated in numerous.

Letters Patent,as for example those granted to E. Posson, May 5,)191, No. 1,095,350, to

"which reference may be had for an. understanding oithe general type of tank car Y to which my invention ispapplicableg' 60 In the' drawings, G design-ates the 'tank' (see Fig. 3-) which rests upon an underframe oomposed' of a longitudinal s'ill -T and two or more bolsters or transoms-T. The- -longi-tudinal sill is of; standard construction, '65

comprising the -p aral-l'el side webs a Ft" with upper and lower angles forming channels,

and upper an'd lower "plates bridging the a same and riveted theretos The transom T s of standard.construction, havinga center web or parallel webs, withtra nsverse head and foot flanges, the upper plate-t ofthe' same extendingacross and being-riveted to the angle head of "the transom ltselfand also to theupper flan-ges -ofthe sill members. ,75 An" extension ofthis plate t 'receives the-bed 'plate A,- whieh is of Y a length suiiicient 5 to --reach fr'om"one bolster to the other,-and' is riveted thereto atja with counter sunln'head rivets a (see-Fig.; 3)." The-bedplate or holder 'A' as shown carries three cushion blocks B',' B",*B and therefore has-four parallel channels or corrugations a ter-med 1n 1t, leavingbetween them sectional spaces w1th a smooth surface delimited at the-ends 8 by angle plates a riveted aeross tlie width of the respective sections. I The wooden L cushion blocks B, B, B are placed in the sections between corrugations, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, and shown in full lines in Fig.3, being held against end displacement by the angle plates at and against lateral displacement'by the corrugations at. In Fig. 3, the transom plate rivets are shown at t underlying the channels or I corrugations a.

Overlying the Slll members tt aretwo fixed longitudinal cushion blocks G, the surfaces of which together with the surtacesof the cushion blocks B, B, B curve in a cylinder corresponding with the cylindrical surface of the tank C. The tank rests vertically upon these blocks C and lateral thrust is taken up by the blocks B, B, B.

which also carry their appropriate part of the weight. K in Fig. 3 conveniently represents the train pipe, controlling brakes or signals, or both. It mightbe stated that in practice the bed plate A extends at each end one inch beyond the transom cover plate 119 \Vhat I claim is:

.1. In a tank car, an undertrame having transoms, a tank body, and a support for said tank body extending longitudinally thereof from one transom to another and comprising a bed plate corrugated to form a plurality of panels, longitudinal cushion blocks resting between the corrugations on said panels, and means carried by said bed plate to prevent longitudinal displacement of said cushion blocks.

2. In a tank car, an undertrame having transoms. a tank body, a support for said tank body comprising a longitudinal corrugated bed plate having its ends resting upon and riveted to said trans-ems, longitudinal cushion blocks carried on said bed plate between said corrugations. and end stops secured to said bed plate to prevent longitudinal displacement of said cushion bloel's.

3. In a tank car, an undert'rame composed of a longitudinal sill, and transverse bolsters or transoms having vertical webs and head and foot flanges, a tank body, and an intermediate support for said tank body comprising a bed plate with parallel longitudinal corrugations forming panels or channels therein, and spaced apart so as to overlie and clear the head flange rivets of the transom, means for securing said bed plate to the transoms in the spaces between the corrugations, in such manner as to leave a smooth surface. cushion blocks extending longitudinally of the bed'plate in said several panels or channels, with end plates to prevent longitudinal displacement of said blocks.

4:. In a tank car, an nnderframe, a tank body, and a support for said tank body on said underframe, said support comprising a unitary metal bed plate or holder resting upon and secured to the uiulerl'ranie and a plurality oi parallel wooden cushion liloclts carried loosely on said bed plate without securing means, said bed plate beingprovided with end limiting stops and inter1nediate separators to prevent longitudinal or transverse displacement of said cushion blocks, respectively.

In a tank car, an undertran'ie, a tank body. and supports for said tank body cured to said undertrame, each support conn prising a unitary rectangular metal bed plate or holder restinglOl' itudinally upon and riveted to the undert'rame, portiom ol' the metal of said bed plate or holder being bent up alone a plurality of parallel lines, dividing the holder into parallel longitudinal panels. and wooden cushion blocks lying one in each panel with said projections between them and on opposite sides thereof, said bent up portions or projections being so formed and located that they overlie and leave space beneath them for the heads ot rivets securing the device to the underframe.

6. A metal transom cushion bloc-l; container or cradle comprising a unitary integral rectangular sheet of metal, divided into a plurality of parallel longitudinal panels, with integral portions of the metal formed up between each two adjacent panels to form separators therefor metal flanges also bent up at the ends of. the IGSPCttlTfl panels, with a plurality of wooden cushion blocks supported on the respective panels of said container, and positioned thereon by said separators and end flanges. respectively.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix 121:. signature.

SAMUEL l9. 'IURNER. 

